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TIL Hakeem “The Dream” Olajuwon turned down shoe deals from big brands, chooses 34.99 Spalding shoes from Payless “How can a poor working mother with three boys buy Nikes or Reeboks that cost $120?…She can’t. So kids steal these shoes from stores and from other kids. Sometimes they kill for them.”

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6ybY TIL on 1969 the pilot Pete Matthes was declared missing in action in the Vietnam War. In 1978 he was declared killed in action. In 1992 Pete’s secret pilot authenticator code was detected from a satellite photo outside Dong Vai prison in North Vietnam. His Body never was found.
vQX7 TIL when introducing the character Agamemnon in “Time Bandits”, Terry Gilliam’s script read “The Greek warrior removes his helmet, revealing himself to be none other than Sean Connery, or an actor of equal but cheaper stature.” He wrote it as a joke never expecting Connery to be in the movie.
4XmWX TIL Baby X , the virtual baby from the Soul Machines lab : A digital simulation of a baby with several system layers based on an AI model that will interact with humans and will have to learn it all from scratch, like a real baby.
e0VrD TIL British people tend to be “bi-measurement” the same way some people are bilingual. Both imperial and metric units factor into their lives.
mvbO TIL that Speedy Gonzales was fully removed from Cartoon Network due to racial stereotypes until fans–including large Hispanic organizations–demanded he return